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Iranian Elements in Mongol 575
10. Mongol xasini, asafoetida, from Persian kasni ("product of
Ghazni"). Cf. above, p. 361.
11. Mongol bodso, an alcoholic beverage made from barley-meal
or milk, is connected by Kovalevski in his Mongol Dictionary with
Persian boza, a beverage made from rice, millet, or barley.
12. Mongol bolot, steel, is derived from New Persian pulad, whether
directly or through the medium of Turkish languages is not certain.
The Persian word is widely diffused, and occurs in Tibetan, Armenian,
Ossetic, Grusinian, Turkish, and Russian. 1
13. Mongol bdgddr, coat-of-mail, armor, goes back to Persian
bagtar (Jagatai bdktdr, Tibetan beg-tse).
14. Mongol sagari and sarisu, shagreen. 2 From Persian sagri. In
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Tibetan it is sag-ri; in Manchu sarin (while Manchu tempi is a tran-
scription of Chinese sie-p'i §{ i&). 4
15. Mongol kukur, kugur, sulphur. From Persian gugurd, Afghan
kokurt (Arabic kibrU, Hebrew gqfrit, Modern Syriac kugurd).
16. Other Persian loan-words in Mongol have come from Tibetan,
thus: Mongol nal, spinel, balas ruby. From Tibetan nal; Persian lal
(Notes on Turqois, p. 48). Mongol zira, cummin. From Tibetan zi-ra;
Persian zira, lira (above, p. 383).
17. In some cases the relation of Mongol to Persian is not entirely
clear. In these instances we have corresponding words in Turkish, and
it cannot be decided with certainty whether the Mongol word is trace-
able to Turkish or Persian.
Thus Mongol boriyd, trumpet (cf. Manchu buren and buleri), Turk-
ish boru, Uigur borgii, 1 Persian buri.
18. Mongol dsdrdn (dsdgdrdn), a species of antelope (Procapra
subgutturosa)) Altaic jaran, wild goat of the steppe; Jagatai jiren,
gazelle; Persian jirdn, gazelle.
19. Mongol tos (written tagus, togos, to indicate the length of the
vowel), peacock. From Persian \awus (TurkI ta'us).
20. Mongol toti, parrot. From Persian toti (Uigur and TurkI toti).
21. Mongol bag, garden. This word occurs in a inscription
Mongol-Chinese
of the year 13 14, where the corresponding Chinese term
signifies "garden," and, as recognized by H. C. v. d. Gabelentz, 6
doubtless represents Persian bay ("garden").
1 Cf. T'oung Pao, 1916, pp. 82, 479.
2 K'ien-luh's Polyglot Dictionary, Ch. 24, pp. 38, 39.
3 T'oung Pao, 1916, p. 478.
* This term is not noted in the Dictionary of Giles.
8 Pelliot, T'oung Pao, 1915, p. 22.
6 Z. K. d. Morg., Vol. II, 1839, p. 12.